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The Impact of a Relaxation Exercise on Communication, Apprehension in the Classrogm

Creator:: Hitchcock, Romi C.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a deep breathing and stretching exercise on communication Apprehension, Cohesiveness and Attentiveness. An empirical method was used in this study. All of the subjects involved in the study were students in beginning public speaking courses, Speech 112, at Oregon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: apprehension in the classroom AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Romi Hitchcock for the degree of Master of Arts

American ideology and the atomic bomb

Creator:: Swartz, Scott E.
Abstract:: On August 6, 1945 the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The events that led up to the United States' decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japanese...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Atomic Bomb. Abstract approved William M. Keith On August 6, 1945 the United States of America

Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980

Creator:: Finley, Carmel
Abstract:: Approximately $1 billion a year is spent on salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Spending has escalated, yet the number of wild runs placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act has increased, creating social and political controversy. For more than 100 years, salmon management in the Pacific Northwest has...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: presented on June 6, 2000. Title: Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980. Abstract approved: William G

Treaty past, treaty present : an interdisciplinary analysis of the Pacific Salmon Treaty through examination of the values, culture and political structures that provide definition

Creator:: Evans, Paul L.
Abstract:: The Pacific Salmon Treaty was established by Canada and the United States to secure sustainability of salmon harvests within the Pacific Northwest. Renewed in June 1999, the treaty functions to legitimize and empower the Pacific Salmon Commission as the agent of fishery sustainability. The Pacific Salmon Commission serves as a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Provide Definition. Abstract approved: William M. Lunch The Pacific Salmon Treaty was established by

Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

Creator:: Kearney, Melva J.
Abstract:: Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self-defense. As such, apologetic discourse involves a response to an attack upon an individual's character or worth as a human being. Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman encountered such a attack during the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. The purpose of this analysis is to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Petronio's examples of defensive strategies, and three strategies in William L. Benoit's (1995) typology of

The beat generation : a rhetoric of negation

Creator:: Mackaman, Julie Irene
Abstract:: The Beat Generation was an American counter-culture movement in the 1950's. Comprised of nomadic writers, poets, actors, musicians, and artists, the Beat movement represented no systematic philosophy and its most distinguishing characteristic was its apolitical disengagement from society. The Beats offered no substantive alternatives to the existing social order, but...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: facade. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs formed the nucleus of a "charmed circle

‘Uncle Ho’: A Rhetorical Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Hồ Chí Minh

Creator:: Meyers, Kaden R.
Abstract:: This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of American newspaper coverage of Hồ Chí Minh from 1954-1969. My method is the Pragmatic Attitude, created by Elizabeth and Jay Mechling. My foci of study are the polls and letters to the editor from this same period. These foci of study are used...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: been written about the life of Hồ, including William Duiker’s exhaustive biography Ho Chi Minh: A Life

Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

Creator:: Tombropoulos, Charles B.
Abstract:: This research questions the effectiveness of newspapers as a vehicle of environmental information by determining whether the public attitude in Alaska towards off-shore oil exploration was consistent with that expressed in the local newspapers. All newspaper articles about off-shore oil exploration published in Alaska between 1980 and May 1987 were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , William G, "Research Problems and Newspaper Analysis." Journalism Quarterly, Vol. 1, 1924, pp. 17-22

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

Creator:: Nassar, Arica Louise Fafa
Abstract:: Mental health among student athletes has gotten much more attention in the world of sport today. However, there has been a lack of research focusing on how the socioeconomic backgrounds of Division 1 student athletes can play a role in their mental health and their desire to seek out help...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: unevolved, and apelike in appearance (Ariel, 1867; Burmeister, 1853; Haeckel, 1876; Hunt, 1863; Lawrence

President Clinton's health care rhetoric : the role of anecdotal evidence in promoting identification

Creator:: Dahl, Nicholas D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to illuminate the presence and rhetorical effect of anecdotes in President Clinton's major health care address. It is the health care debate that shows most clearly how Clinton tries to direct a multi-level campaign that attempts to identify his interests (passage of the Health...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: York Times reported that Bill Clinton was born as William Jefferson Blythe IV in Hope, Arkansas on

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Impact of a Relaxation Exercise on Communication, Apprehension in the Classrogm

American ideology and the atomic bomb

Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980

Treaty past, treaty present : an interdisciplinary analysis of the Pacific Salmon Treaty through examination of the values, culture and political structures that provide definition

Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

The beat generation : a rhetoric of negation

‘Uncle Ho’: A Rhetorical Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Hồ Chí Minh

Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

How Have Black/African American Division 1 Student-athletes Socioeconomic Backgrounds Affected their Mental Health Well-being Compared to their Counterpart Athletes

President Clinton's health care rhetoric : the role of anecdotal evidence in promoting identification

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